A good friend recently returned from a trip that included time in the Middle East. When she got home she posted this on her Facebook page:"I talked with a Muslim man in Turkey about religious differences. He said that his attitude is "If it is holy … [Read more]

I woke up this morning and could hardly walk. No malady. Nothing that I needed to see a doctor for. Just sore legs from three days of hiking on Vermont’s Long Trail with one of my sons. Brandon and I have been talking about doing this hike … [Read more]

In response to President Obama’s debt reduction plan, the pundits on the “other side” are quick to point out, with a sense of anger and righteous indignation, that 51% of all Americans do not pay federal income tax. I am astonished … [Read more]

First, came this blog from Sojourners which included a video clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.http://blog.sojo.net/2011/09/15/33304/
And, then there was this headline on the front page of this morning’s New York … [Read more]

About 50 years ago my parents loaded my brothers and me into the family station wagon, along with suitcases, tent and sleeping bags, for a family vacation/road trip from Pittsburgh, PA, where we lived, to Sarasota, FL, where my grandparents lived. … [Read more]

The day began as most early September days began. Bedside alarm waking me up. Doing my part to make sure kids were up, dressed, fed and off to school. Getting ready myself. Walking across the church driveway to go to work. Beautiful early fall … [Read more]